On 6th January 2010 the police arrested 23 people in Ankara (Turkey) by
using brutal force. The arrests occurred during a demonstration and press
conference for the immediate release of the imprisoned military objector
Enver Aydemir. One person among the arrested demonstrators has been
detained: our comrade and anarchist Volkan Sevinc has been in jail for 40
days. We protest the imprisonment of Volkan Sevinc as well as the planned
conviction of 19 other comrades to prison sentences between 1-10 years on
the indictment "discouragement of the people from doing military service".
We?re going to meet on Saturday, 13 February 2010 simultaneously in Ankara
and Istanbul as not yet convicted, killing-refusing antimilitarists to do
another demonstration with the aim of "discouraging people of doing military
service".
We invite all comrades worldwide to join us in protesting against the fact
that the lives of people who oppose killing are transformed into a prison,
and the fact that they are imprisoned and tortured. We invite all refusers,
antimilitarists and anarchists to protest the state and its institutions by
doing demonstrations and actions on 13 February 2010, for example in front
of the consulates / embassies of the Turkish state. We invite you to show
solidarity with our comrade Volkan Sevinc, who is exposed state terror, and
with all political prisoners worldwide.

Initiative for solidarity with the antimilitarist detainee Volkan Sevinc

Information about the demonstration in Istanbul:

Date: 13 February 2010, Saturday
Location: Tram stop "Taksim"
Time: 13.30 o'clock